City Transport Question Time

Date: 05/10/2009 12:30pm

Speakers:

Theresa Villiers MP (Shadow Transport Secretary)  

Sir Howard Bernstein (Chief Executive, Manchester City Council)

Angie Robinson (Chief Executive, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce)

Joerg Konrad (Kapsch TrafficCom)

Chair: Dermot Finch (Centre for Cities)

After Manchester's ‘no' vote, has congestion charging got a future?  Is a new era of high speed rail a realistic aspiration in a new era of reduced government spending?  Do UK cities need their own Oyster schemes?  How can we help better connect the UK's major cities?

This fast paced event gives you the opportunity to ask our expert panel about the most pressing transport challenges facing policy-makers, city leaders and local businesses in Britain's cities today.

We held a similar debate at Labour party conference in Brighton with Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP (Transport Minister) Sir Richard Leese (Leader, Manchester City Council) Richard Lax (Kapsch TrafficCom) David Begg (Transport Times) andDermot Finch (Centre for Cities)